Tent cot



L. C. MARSHALL TENT co'r Filed April 22n 1922 Wm amm/mil;

Patented June 17, 1924.

LORENA. C. MARSHALL, 0F DENVER, COLORADO.

TENT COT.

Application filed April 22, 1922.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, LORENA C. MARSHALL a citizen of the United States,residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, haveinvented certain new and useful.Improvements in Tent Cots; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to tent cots, designed more particularly forautomobiliste, and has for its object to provide a combined tent and cotwhich shall be free from bulky and complicated cot supporting mechanismand which can be manufactured at the minimum expense. The variousfeatures of novelty and invention will appear' from the detaileddescription of the invention taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings forming part of the specification.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a plan view of the fabric making up the tent and cot, thefabric being laid out flat;

F ig. 2 is a side elevation of the preferred form of. the invention, and

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the invention as shown in Fig. 2.

In the drawings, 10 represents the cot portion, 11 the roof of the tent,12 the flap or front closure member and 13 the side curtains or members.The cot portion 10 is provided with eyelets 14 around its marginaledges, there being at least one eyelet at each corner of the cot andpreferably one at each side thereof, as shown. The cot is supported bystakes 15 which are driven into the ground, the upper end of said stakesbeing of reduced diameter to form a shoulder on which the fabric mayrest, it being understood that the eyelets are slipped over said redutedportions. I prefer to provide the stakes with suitable braces 16 toprevent the same from tilting under the weight of the occupant.

The tent is provided with loops 17 at the Serial No. 556,007.

.from a single sheet of fabric laid out as shown in Fig. 1, although theinvention is not limited to such one piece structure.

The manner of setting up the device will be readily understood from Fig.2. The stakes are iirst driven into the ground and the eyelets 14-slipped over the terminals of the same and the fabric then bent backupon itself as at a and extended upwardly, the loops being secured toany suitable object as previously stated. In view of the fact that thecot portion is free from attached mechanism, the device may be folded upinto a convenient bundleand stored away in any suitable compartment ofthe automobile. This feature is of considerable importance since thestorage of baggage space of automobiles is very limited.

What I claim is:

1. The combination of a tent cot, comprising integrally formed cot, top,side and end portions, a plurality of eyelets positioned at the cornersof said cot portions, a plurality of supporting stakes having reducedend portions, said eyelets being adapted to set over and engage saidreduced end portions, and triangular bracing means cooperating with saidstakes for bracing and supporting the said cot portion from the ground.

2. The combination as in claim 1 and reinforcing bracing loops carriedat the upper corners of the top of the tent, adapted to be attached tosuitable guying means.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature.

LORENA C. MARSHALL.

